2019 Impact Report 30th May – 9th June 2019

Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 1 Trafalgar Square Beacon Event, London Headlines

Thy Kingdom Come is a global, ecumenical prayer movement which takes place each year from Ascension to Pentecost. Christians are encouraged to pray for more people to come to faith during these 11 days of prayer. From Bangladesh to Brazil, Australia to Austria and South Africa to the Solomon Islands, more than 2 million Christians, across 65 different denominations and traditions, in 90% of countries worldwide have participated. In 2019 Thy Kingdom Come was endorsed by a range of high-profile leaders, including His Holiness Pope Francis. Her Majesty The Queen also commended Thy Kingdom Come in a speech! This year our app was downloaded thousands of times in almost 100 countries worldwide – more than twice as many as in 2018. In our annual feedback survey, we found that: • 92% of those taking part were praying for friends and family members to come to know Jesus – with nearly two thirds (62%) of this group planning to follow up or talk to the people they were praying for; • 70% of those who took part felt more encouraged to share their faith; • 40% of respondents took part for the first time this year – which shows this is still very much a growing movement; • 99% want to be involved again next year, the same figure as last year – demonstrating growth and value.

“And to you my brothers and sisters, with my brother Justin Welby, we want to tell you that we walk alongisde you in this prayer – Thy Kingdom Come.” -His Holiness, Pope Francis

(*172 out of 195 countries.)

2 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 3 Prayer Journals, each organisation took part in their own From prayer stations to prayer walking, special joint Across England distinct way. For example, On Ascension Day, the Armed services to 24-7 prayer, here’s a snapshot of what Individuals and churches from across the Forces of Great Britain, gathered their chaplains to worship denominations, networks and churches have and pray together on Ascension Day. Each chaplain happened this year across the UK and the world. participated in Thy Kingdom Come since 2016. returned to their Garrison church with a candle to be lit during times of prayer during Thy Kingdom Come. A wide range of organisations encouraged their networks to join in prayer throughout Thy Across the UK, primary and secondary schools took part Kingdom Come, including Mothers’ Union, with some hosting a special day of activity to a whole week! SOUTH-WEST: the Evangelical Alliance, Christians Against A special resource was also produced for children this year; Poverty, and the Christian Police 380,000 copies of the Family Prayer Adventure Map were Exeter Association, to name just a few! distributed to Church of England & Methodist schools and From sharing daily videos on 600 people attended from all over Devon for their special Beacon event in the Cathedral. other networks. There was a range of activities, including prayer spaces hosted by street pastors. social media to distributing Anglo-Catholics, Methodists, Salvation Army, non-denominational churches and Church of England schools all took part. Worship was led by Sound of Wales. LONDON: Leading up to the event, churches On Pentecost Sunday, Trafalgar Square was in the region hosted a range of transformed into Trafalgar Prayer! Thousands took prayer activities including 'Say One part in the day-long, family-focused celebrations for Me', an outdoor prayer initiative with a prayer and worship service in the late organised by churches in Sidmouth. afternoon. All the Presidents of Churches Together in According to one touching story, England were present. The event was co-organised “We had a prayer bench in the by the Diocese of London. Worship was led by Matt parish churchyard with cards and Redman and the Kingdom Choir who sang at last pens for people to write prayers. year’s Royal Wedding. On the way into her wedding, a bride stopped, sat on the prayer His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop bench and wrote of London and a President of Churches Together in England said: a prayer.” “Sunday was a genuinely joyful day in which the breadth of the Church across England came together to celebrate publicly and Salisbury openly and to present a very positive and hopeful witness in London and to the world.” On Sunday 9th June, young people from churches across Wiltshire and Dorset gathered together at Bishop Wordsworth’s School to worship and pray before joining a packed SOUTH-EAST: Thy Kingdom Come Beacon event at Salisbury Cathedral. Portsmouth The climax to the region’s involvement in Thy Somerset Kingdom Come was a A number of Churches Together/ Big Prayer Picnic at the Christians Together groups organised Pray on the Hills gatherings around historic Portchester Castle. the country. In Somerset, Bath, Glastonbury, Minehead and Wellington, Thousands of Christians churches took part and held ecumenical events. from all denominations across south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight gathered together Alan Dixon of Churches Together in Somerset said: “The idea was to to share food, enjoy family activities, worship God and engage in identify a number of hills which would allow the group to pray for/ over/ creative prayer on Pentecost Sunday. bless their own community, and then be able to turn 180⁰ and by looking over into a neighbouring county remind themselves they are part of Eastbourne something bigger and are as interconnected as the family of God.” Christians across Eastbourne came Kent together at the ecumenical Thy Over 400 events were registered by churches Kingdom Come prayer and worship for the 11 days in the Diocese of Rochester service, held on 2nd June at the iconic alone. Someone has been appointed to a bandstand. Every church in town was newly created role focused on organising and represented at the event, which was promoting Thy Kingdom Come activities and attended by over 1,500 people. events within the Diocese.

4 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 5 WEST MIDLANDS: EAST MIDLANDS: Lichfield and the surrounding areas Nottingham Lots of prayer events – big and small – took place across Staffordshire, On 5th June, Christians from churches across Nottingham gathered in the Market Shropshire and the Black Country during Thy Kingdom Come. These Square to ‘Bow Down’ and pray for the City. The event attracted the attention of included the second ‘St Chad’s Pilgrimage,’ in which almost 100 people the local media with the headline: This is why hundreds of people were praying in walked the 19 miles from Repton (Derbyshire) to Lichfield Cathedral on Nottingham’s Old Market Square last night. Attendance doubled from last year and Pentecost Saturday, 8th June. churches from across the city took part. Other Vineyard churches across England and Wales host their own Bow Down, events this year. The Nottingham City Prayer group also organised a night of prayer and worship at the Trent Vineyard Church on 7th June with people from hundreds of churches across the region. The event was attended by more than 1,000 people including nuns who told organisers they rarely leave the convent but made the journey for this special gathering.

“It was a catalyst to bring many of the churches in our town and local area to worship and pray together. It helped build unity amongst us.”

The pilgrims included representatives from the Diocese of Lichfield, Methodist Church, URC, Baptist Association and the Roman Catholic church. Despite – or maybe because of – the incessant rain on the day, the camaraderie was excellent throughout. Mgr Tim Menezes, Vicar General in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham, said: "The conversations between sometimes strangers of different Christian traditions, based on reasonable curiosity of how we do things differently, made for an engaging distraction from the steady rainfall throughout most of the walk! We walked and prayed and we were very happy to be part this developing tradition of local pilgrimage. It was moving to ask God’s Blessing on places, people, on industry and on God’s creation which is entrusted to our care and to future generations." Revd Rachel Parkinson, Chair of the Wolverhampton/Shrewsbury Methodist EAST OF ENGLAND: District, led a five-day pilgrimage through Shropshire immediately prior to Ascension Day. Norwich Churches in Great Yarmouth and Gorleston ran prayer activities Hereford throughout the 11 days. Christians in Hereford prayed and celebrated together as part of Thy Kingdom On Ascension Day, Thursday 30th May, there were three Come last month. A 24/7 prayer room in the city was so successful (with over services held to mark the beginning of the 11 days of prayer. 175 people signing up to pray in the hour-long slots), that the Upper Room prayer They were at Great Yarmouth Minster, where the Archdeacon room is to remain open for prayer for the city and the county. Nearly 200 people of Norfolk gave the address, a Beacon event at Norwich gathered from churches all over the city on Pentecost evening in St Peter’s Church. Cathedral and another event at Kings Lynn Minster. To capitalise on this movement, a plan was made to meet daily between 7-8am in the prayer room with the specific mandate of praying for revival – ‘Hereford Revival Hour’, Churches from across Norfolk celebrated Pentecost with from 1st July. worship at the Cathedral on the Sunday. Afterwards they prayed outside for the city at 8:30pm. Worcester Christians from across Worcestershire gathered at Worcester Arena on “Inspiring and encouraging to share with others. A great Pentecost to praise God and pray for more people to come to faith. way to motivate the church into regular prayer activity.” 1,000 people took part in the service which included guest speaker speaker, evangelist Canon J John and aeroplane prayers!

6 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 7 NORTH EAST: NORTH WEST: Newcastle Blackburn In Newcastle, a number of things happened for Thy Kingdom Come Lots of prayer events took place across the region during including: the 11 days. The BBC televised one event at St Cuthbert’s in Preston. The 11 days started with an ecumenical launch • A Beacon event took place at St Thomas the Martyr, The Haymarket, service and concluded with a ‘Beacon Service’ on 9th June, Newcastle upon Tyne. Pentecost Sunday, at 7.30pm at Blackburn Cathedral. • The city is also the hub for the Disability and Jesus Ordinary Office project that provides a simple daily office for everyone in clear print, in Makaton, on audio and video. People of all abilities from across the globe pray online together three times a day. Organiser David Lucas reported that 1,500 a day joined during Thy Kingdom Come. • Members of Junction 42, a charity which works in prisons and communities across north east England and central Scotland supporting people throughout the journey of custody and rehabilitation, prayed alongside chaplaincy teams in several women's and men’s prisons during Thy Kingdom Come.

"The Disability and Jesus Ordinary Office enabled me to add this to my daily prayers in a way that was completely organic."

YORKSHIRE Chester The 100 hours of continuous praise and worship was led by Chester Burn 24/7 in partnership with Thy Kingdom Come AND HUMBER: and Link Up at the Melbourne Centre. Each evening a worship team from six different local churches were involved as well York as individuals from other Burn UK centres who came to help Churches across York attended a Pentecost Beacon celebration 9th June and support. People from all over the city gathered to worship at York Minster. There were prayers, Bible readings and worship attracting together with visitors from all corners of the UK, from different 1,000 people from across the city of York. The Archbishop of York, Dr John streams and denominations, young and old – united in our Sentamu took part in this. Dean of York Dr Jonathan Frost was the main pursuit and adoration of our Lord Jesus Christ. speaker. “Our Thy Kingdom Come Beacon Event in York Minster was awe-inspiring “The most important thing among our local churches was unity and uplifting! I rejoice and give thanks that one of my five people I have and sharing a prayer room across denominations for 24/7 prayer... been praying for to give their life to Jesus Christ has done so. Please Lord A truly inspiring multi denominational Pentecost service and the gather in the other four! Amen.” desire on all sides to continue together in 24/7 prayer and unity as we outreach in our county together.” -Archbishop Dr John Sentamu

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REPUBLIC OF IRELAND SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND The Church of Scotland and The Scottish Episcopal Church are both officially involved with Thy Kingdom Come. In a beautiful show of unity, the two Archbishops of Armagh (Anglican/Protestant) and Thy Kingdom Come resources were translated into Gaelic and were distributed widely. (Roman Catholic) signed a joint statement in support of this year’s Thy Kingdom Come. The Queen praised Thy Kingdom Come in a recent speech as an example of the close Events took place in both nations including Belfast (St Anne’s Cathedral) and working together of the Church of England and Church of Scotland. Londonderry, Northern Ireland and in Dublin and Cork in the Republic of Ireland. "The participation of the Church of Scotland in Thy Kingdom Come 2019 has enabled City on a Hill (Foyle Vineyard Church), Londonderry also took part: local congregations to share in a global Kingdom-focussed initiative. We are already anticipating the possibilities that 2020 will bring as we pray together for the renewal of “We are a Vineyard church (Foyle Vineyard) and we had seen what Trent the Church." Vineyard has done in Nottingham and thought we could do that here. John McPake, Ecumenical Officer, Church of Scotland “We ran two events. One Beacon prayer event on Friday night where Events happened across the country from Edinburgh to Inverness and beyond. we met on one side of the river to pray for our city, walked onto the peace bridge to pray for the health of the people, both mental and physical, (we have one of the highest rates in Europe of suicide in our river) and then on to the other side of the river where we WALES met in our town square to pray for unity in our churches. We did The Church in Wales are also officially committed. Resources a light vigil there and ended up getting to pray for some people were translated into Welsh and distributed widely. A number on the streets. We had about 30 people at this event, from of churches took part, from Cardiff to Bangor. seven different faith communities and people from as far as In the diocese of St David’s, there was particularly strong America who had come to pray for our city that weekend and engagement – Bishop Joanna Penberthy recorded a series of joined with our event. short talks for the 11 days of Thy Kingdom Come. “Then on Sunday night we held a city worship event where we Similarly, a Bow Down prayer event also took place in teamed up with another church Cardiff city centre – in a similar vein to others across England and led worship and then prayed for the Holy Spirit to come and Wales, inspired by Trent Vineyard church. afresh. There were about 100 people at that which is a real first for us in our city. Welsh versions of the Methodist Novena were distributed throughout Wales. “It was such an incredible weekend and we just feel like it was a significant one for our city. The first of many!” “It's been great to have everyone praying together in Mr Gregory Campbell, Democratic Unionist Party MP for East our services, through prayer stations and in groups. Londonderry submitted a written question to Parliament on Thy The variety of people engaging with the different Kingdom Come. Caroline Spelman responded. resources has been wonderful to see.”

10 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 11 Across the World ASIA More than 2 million Christians, across 65 different denominations and traditions, in 90% of countries worldwide* have taken part in Thy Kingdom Come. Services were held in countries from Bangladesh Bangladesh to Brazil, Australia to Austria, South Africa to the Solomon Islands. Resources have been translated into St John's Church and other churches in the diocese of Barisal, took part in Thy Kingdom Come pledging to "light up Bangladesh in prayer." many languages including Maori, Arabic, Malagasy, Japanese, French, Finnish, Spanish and Swahili. “In many places, they were so encouraged that they are continuing their prayer twice in a week or once in a week. Some of our priests said that the church has got a new life and now more are “Wonderful to take part in global prayer to see God's kingdom come on earth.” attending services. Children, youth and women were encouraged to pray, and they received blessings.”

-Rt. Rev.Shourabh Pholia, Bishop of Barisal Diocese, Church AFRICA of Bangladesh Egypt The Bishop of Egypt voiced, in Arabic, a specially-created video supporting Thy Kingdom Come. (This is the first time this has happened.) It was distributed across several North African and Middle Eastern nations. Next year a Beacon event in the Cathedral in Cairo is planned. Madagascar Building on from last year, the Diocese of Toliara took part in the 11 days of prayer with Christians across several villages holding outdoor prayer Sri Lanka meetings which has now evolved into a long-term prayer The Anglican Diocese of Colombo took part in & discipleship group. The Bishop translated a Thy Kingdom Thy Kingdom Come. Shamel Rajapakse, Come resource into local language Malagasy which was Coordinator for the Sports Movement and distributed locally. Prayer ministry, said: “30,000 people prayed for five people each, since we printed prayer cards for Pray for 5 and gave to our members in the 124 churches of the Diocese. For our Beacon Event we had 120 people from the Anglican church and a few other denominations. It was a wonderful time of worship, Pray for Five and sharing of testimonies. The Burundi Bishop of Colombo also sent a letter to 1,000 The Anglican Bishop of Rutana diocese hosted a special Thy Kingdom independent Churches to tell them about Come service in which he invited the congregation to spend time together as a church praying to God that “His Thy Kingdom Come. We have requested people Kingdom would come and shed light wherever there is darkness.” to continue to pray for five and in two months’ time we will send reminders. By September we hope to start work on Thy Kingdom Come 2020, but this time we will get the Youth Movement, Sports Movement, Mothers' Union and Sunday Schools' Southern Africa networks to take Thy Kingdom Come forward. We will also have meetings with the Regional Pastors Fellowships where all Anglican churches / dioceses were involved – including a church in Pretoria that combined days of prayer with Pentecostal Churches pastors gather and introduce Thy Kingdom Come. We will also work with the Roman Catholic Church external outreach to the homeless, including two prayer walks where they offered food and prayers. Another and the Free Churches' governing body for 2020. We translated the material into our local languages Sinhalese and Tamil diocese saw about 1,000 people involved in praying at their cathedral during the 11 days. There was also strong from your website and distributed them.” Methodist engagement – including the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Cape of Good Hope District who witnessed more people join in prayer, families pray together and that they were also more motivated to talk to -Shamel Rajapakse, Coordinator – Sports Movement and Prayer Ministry people about Jesus as a result. The Methodist church of Southern Africa, Limpopo Synod – including parts of Botswana – also participated.

*(172 out of 195 countries)

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Netherlands Australia “We started a small missional community in the southeast of Amsterdam. We shared about Thy Kingdom Come St Paul’s Cathedral and City on a Hill Church partnered to host a special multi-lingual Pentecost celebration. on social media and with other church leaders and used the resources intensively in Bible readings in the morning This included Bible readings and sung worship including Amazing Grace sung in the language of the Yorta Yorta via WhatsApp, evening prayers in our community room and made a special landing page on the website. We people of Northern Victoria and a song sung by the Anglican Indonesian Congregation. 400 people attended. held a special Thy Kingdom Come Sunday service and also did a prayer walk. For our little community of 10 They also had a 24/7 prayer roster and met every morning for prayer in Federation Square. They are hoping to do core-members it was intense. We ended the eleven days with our children and teenagers on Pentecost, praying quarterly prayer and praise nights in the cathedral to pray for Melbourne. on the rooftop followed by a BBQ. So now we are collecting impressions of what God is saying and doing. We prayed as individuals for other people and together for the Another church in Melbourne, St James & St Peter Anglican neighbourhood and for vision in what we can do here Church, Kilsyth, Victoria, Australia, also took part. A with our community for this area. representative from the church said: We were very impressed by the simple and quiet moments and “There are several who have chosen to continue the impact for us, in bonding praying for their 5 throughout the year ahead us together with new people and one who has had one of her five from last year around us. We believe in the come to faith who is now praying for five. We are a importance of this theme: small church in a suburban setting which has been the Kingdom of God.” undergoing a missional transformation over the past couple of years. We have come to realise that -Hemelsbreed Amsterdam we haven't looked out to the community for some time and we've turned that around and are still working on it. Tenerife (Canary Islands) Each year we have done Thy Kingdom Come we have had “At the church I attend, we had special some more interest grow within the congregations events for our Spanish children, and and it's sparking movement in how we pray they have been sharing with their and when we pray and in recognition of families who don’t usually come to the power of prayer for the everyday church. Christian. It's a small start, but a vital “We also opened up our church for two hours a day one which is building momentum.” during this time and between 80-90 came into pray – we also had people on hand to offer prayer and talk. New Zealand All our congregations took a red ribbon as a reminder to “We are a small rural parish – pray for five throughout the time – 120 ribbons were made, eight of us joined in a 12-hour and all went. I adapted the material for the Spanish children prayer vigil. 60 people received who have just started coming to church.” information and resources at “I hope it spread to the other denominations in town, we talked church. We will hold another and prayed out Thy Kingdom Come – we loved it.” prayer vigil later this year. We will keep focussing on the list of people -Church of Sweden, Rural Dean in Vadsbo Deanery, Skara Diocese. being prayed for by parishioners."

“This was a first for both churches. We kept it simple, -Waikato (Anglican) Diocese encouraging people to light a candle every day and pray at home.” Another church said: -Christ Church, Lausanne, Switzerland Diocese in Europe. Old Catholic Parish of Lausanne, Switzerland. “Thy Kingdom Come was incredibly timely for us this year. During the ten days of prayer, a 15-year-old girl who is part of the church and youth “At our Chaplaincy, approximately 50 people in total attended prayer services. Others took Novena booklets group was diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of cancer. We had home.” organised daily prayer gatherings each evening as part of Thy Kingdom Come. As well as being a great opportunity to pray for our five people, we -Riga, Latvia. Church of England Diocese in Europe. were able to uphold the girl and her family in prayer each night.”

“I am deeply grateful in participating in this worldwide movement. This strengthened my feeling of being At Kenilworth and Claremont Methodists, the congregation committed to connected to many people through faith.” pray for five people they knew to come to know Jesus and raised all the names in prayer on the Sunday before Pentecost. They also joined in an -Sarepta Schwesternschaft Bielefeld-Bethel, . Germany ecumenical Ascension Day service and prayed for their neighbourhood from the roof of a shopping centre.

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Canada An Anglican Church in the Diocese of Toronto, Ontario – “More people prayed, and families prayed together more during this time. As a church, we walked around the neighbourhood praying for our community. The prayer group is now a weekly gathering.” CARIBBEAN

A church in Montreal – Guyana “The children made prayer bead bracelets to remind them to Several Anglican Churches in Guyana took part including St Mark’s Parish, on the continue to pray for their five friends. We are now starting a East Coast of Demerara, located just outside the capital Georgetown. Sunday morning prayer time as a result of Thy Kingdom Come.” Trinidad United States of America “The Family Podcasts proved to be a great way to get my children excited about worship An Episcopal church in Chicago – time. I started nightly worship this Lent with my kids. They tended to be quite unmoved “This is the third year we’ve taken part and this year participants about worship until I used the Family Podcast. The use of the technology that from three other Episcopal churches joined the movement. Friends in they're used to, is a great inclusion to worship time.” the US, India and Malaysia prayed. A small group (20) from one church did a prayer walk in the church neighbourhood. A Lutheran pastor joined the - A participant from Trinidad prayer walk (the two churches share a building). This seems small in comparison to what’s happening elsewhere, but it is miraculous to see this participation. God is working!” Saint Gilbert Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Chicago – “We’re starting Alpha in a few weeks. Thy Kingdom Come has helped prepare us SOUTH AMERICA spirituality to launch Alpha.” Brazil Mothers’ Union, Church of the Resurrection, Tampa, FL – “We are excited to take part in this global call to prayer for “We prayed together across the nation, joined by conference call, every day. A local more people to come to faith in Jesus. branch member offered her business conference room for us to gather, using video and communication access to join members from other MU branches across the nation. Individually, We encouraged congregation members to consider praying for five people the Holy Spirit we listened to the podcasts.” lays on their hearts to come to faith in Christ. We didn’t make this a big corporate thing but an individual decision for people to make. An Episcopal church in West Texas – “We had a BBQ on the Saturday before, with special teaching on evangelism and prayer. This was the On the Saturday before Pentecost we had an evening of prayer and praise. We started first time our church did something like this. It was very faith-lifting, and helpful to use the liturgical with individual prayers – focusing on the five people. Then, we broadened season to promote prayer and evangelism. Some people have shared stories in the service about answers the scope and prayed for God’s Kingdom to come here in Brazil to prayer. It was also lovely and powerful to pray and commission people in the Sunday service, laying hands and then also prayed for the nations as we have a big ex- on them.” pat community here with people from all over the world including including representatives from Jamaica, South The Episcopal Church, The Diocese of Virginia, St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Port Royal, VA – Africa, Malaysia, New Zealand and the UK. “Each year that I’ve participated in Thy Kingdom Come I’ve found that my own life of prayer deepens, I long for more prayer, and that I use the resources of Thy Kingdom Come in my preaching. I’ve included information The very next day, on Pentecost Sunday, one of the from this year’s videos in two recent sermons. I believe that the congregation is willing to meet to pray together, young people was baptised – a beautiful end to the 11 having seen them gather to pray at our hour of prayer event”. days of prayer.” The Very Rev. Catherine D. Hicks Church worker, Christ Church, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bermuda Bermuda Cathedral held Pentecost celebrations – their diocesan choir sang ‘Your Kingdom Come’ “We are in continuous prayer for Lambeth 2020 and for by Pete James for the special service. our partnership with the Anglican Diocese of Amazonia (Bishop Marinez dos Santos Bassotto). This was the first year of Thy Kingdom Come when the Diocese was involved corporately. We feel the importance to have a common focus of prayer. I hope that next year we will be much more involved.” Right Revd. Humberto Maiztegui Gonçalves, Diocese Meridional - Porto Alegre (Southern Diocese) Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil

16 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 17 Resources and Reach Thy Kingdom Come consists of working with more than 65 denominations and traditions Did you know... across the world. In the UK, we work with a range of partners to produce resources for their audiences. Here’s a little snippet of what happened this year. • Thy Kingdom Come videos have been viewed millions Church of England: of times! Church House Publishing and the Church of England’s Digital team produced a selection of resources for this year’s Thy Kingdom • Thy Kingdom Come Podcasts – World-renowned theologian, Come. This included the printing and distribution of a full colour book of Common Worship Daily Prayer for Thy Kingdom Come; a brand-new app with beautifully produced audio recordings of morning, daytime, evening and night prayer services; and a Tom Wright recorded this year’s daily podcasts and were campaign video featuring Archbishop Justin Welby. The materials were seen nearly one million times, there were 28,000 sessions listened to more than 60,000 times during the 11 days of Thy on the app and 92% of people surveyed found the content helpful, very helpful or extremely helping in bringing them closer to Kingdom Come. God.

‘Heavenly.’ ‘Like having a cathedral in your pocket.’ “The Thy Kingdom Come App has been brilliant. I have used it daily and have really valued all the video content and the Tom Family Prayer Adventure Map – 380,000 of copies were distributed to children aged 7-11 in Church of England and Wright podcasts. Thank you to all who worked on it. It has Methodist schools and through the Thy Kingdom Come networks really helped bring Thy Kingdom Come prayer to life for me.” "We used the map to pray as a family at bedtime. Our daughter loved being able to journey along and pray through the stickers. Every night, since praying through the map, my daughter wants to "This video from Tom Wright is the best 3 minute teaching on pause before thanking God. It was utterly brilliant – just a shame it finished on Pentecost!" Jesus I've ever heard. Definitely worth watching!"

Methodist Church of Great Britain: • This year, the app was downloaded thousands of times in For the last 3 years, the Methodist Church of Great Britain has partnered with Thy Kingdom Come to encourage almost 100 countries worldwide! churches, individuals and families to participate. This year hundreds gathered together for special prayer events across the UK including Aberystwyth (Wales), Paisley (Scotland) and throughout England ranging from Cornwall to “I really liked the fact that the prayer journal had the same Newcastle. More than 160,000 copies of the Methodist Novena were distributed, offering daily reflections, prayers ideas of how to pray as the app - so people across the and readings. Welsh language versions of the Novenas were also produced and disseminated in Wales. One of generations could use the same structure to pray for their this year’s flagship videos featured the Youth President of the Methodist Church, Jasmine Yeboah, who shared friends, and we could use it in services too.” about the power of praise. Three other short films featured Methodist Ministers and offered thought-provoking reflections on prayer. Stories from churches and individuals across the Methodist Church tell of how Thy Kingdom Come has enabled them to come together in prayer and be empowered to share their faith with others. • This year Thy Kingdom Come received regional, national and international media coverage including the Times, BBC Radio 4 “People were motivated to pray and worship, and on several occasions, who produced a special Sunday worship service for Pentecost visitors came into church and asked for prayer for their situations.” Sunday broadcast to millions of listeners and the Trafalgar The Catholic Church of England and Wales: Square event which will be featured in a BBC Songs of Praise “For the last three years, I’ve had the pleasure of being the Catholic promoter to this wave of prayer and it is great to see it go from programme. strength to strength. This year, there were two particular highlights:

The Trafalgar Square Beacon event enabled us to draw on a number of dioceses, agencies and shrines so as to contribute to the • 90% of countries worldwide have taken part in Thy Kingdom prayerful presence in the heart of London on Pentecost Sunday including the Shrine of our Lady Walsingham. The radical nature of Come! this step of faith, moving beyond sacred spaces in to the ‘public square’, was highlighted by a priest who came to visit - curious to see what it would be like to have Adoration in Trafalgar Square. It was also encouraging to witness during the prayer service, Archbishop Justin Welby and Cardinal Vincent Nichols pray for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit, alongside other Church leaders from different denominations. For many Catholics across the UK and beyond, it was a delight was to see the video message of His Holiness, Pope Francis urging us (the global Catholic church) to join in this wave of prayer. Moving forward, a number of our dioceses have now embedded the time from Ascension to This year, His Holiness Pope Pentecost as a dedicated time of prayer for Evangelisation. We will continue in our efforts Francis’s video endorsement to support the Catholic Church to make the joy of the Gospel a reality throughout England reached almost 1 million and Wales; In early 2020 I will be visiting Catholic Dioceses to help them establish Thy people on Facebook alone. Kingdom Come locally.” Teresa Carvalho, Home Mission Development Officer, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England &Wales

18 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 Thy Kingdom Come | Impact Report 2019 19 Afghanistan Costa Rica Guatemala Mali Romania Tunisia Albania Croatia Guinea Malta Russia Turkey Algeria Cyprus Guyana Mauritius Rwanda Turkmenistan Andorra Czech Republic Haiti Mexico Samoa Uganda Angola Democratic Hong Kong* Moldova Saudi Arabia Ukraine Antigua and Republic of Honduras Monaco Senegal United Arab Congo Barbuda Hungary Mongolia Serbia Emirates Argentina Denmark United Kingdom (including Iceland Montenegro Seychelles Armenia including Wales, Greenland and India Morocco Sierra Leone Scotland and Australia Faroe Islands) Indonesia Mozambique Singapore Northern Ireland. Austria Djibouti Iran Myanmar Slovakia This includes the Azerbaijan Dominica Iraq (Burma) Slovenia Channel Islands Bahamas Namibia (i.e. Jersey & Dominican Ireland Solomon Islands Guernsey). Bahrain Republic Israel Nepal Somalia Also includes Bangladesh Ecuador Italy The Kingdom of South Africa British Overseas the Netherlands Territories i.e. Barbados Egypt Ivory Coast South Korea El Salvador (including the Anguilla, British Belarus Jamaica Caribbean islands Spain (including Virgin Islands, Belgium Estonia Japan of St Maarten & the Canary Montserrat, Islands) Belize Ethiopia Jordan Curaçao) Cayman Islands, Sri Lanka Bermuda and Benin Fiji Kazakhstan New Zealand (including Cook St Lucia Turks & Caicos Bolivia Finland Kenya islands. Also Islands) St Kitts and Nevis Bosnia and France (including Korea includes the Herzegovina Guadeloupe, Nicaragua St Vincent and Falklands and Kosovo* Botswana Martinique Niger the Grenadines Gibraltar. islands, St Kuwait Nigeria South Sudan United States Brazil Barthelemy, Lao people's North Macedonia Sudan of America Brunei Reunion and democratic Norway (including Hawaii, Bulgaria French Guiana all republic (Laos) Swaziland Northern Mariana new for 2019) Burkina Faso Latvia Oman Sweden Islands, Puerto Gabon Burundi Lebanon Pakistan Switzerland Rico and US Virgin Gambia Islands.) Cambodia Lesotho Palestine Tanzania Georgia Uruguay Cameroon Liberia Panama Thailand Germany Uzbekistan Canada Libya Papa New Guinea Timor-Leste Ghana (known as East Vanuatu Chile Lithuania Paraguay Greece Timor) Venezuela China (including Luxembourg Peru Grenada Togo Vietnam Macao and Madagascar Philippines Taiwan) Guam* - this Tonga Zambia Malawi Poland Colombia is part of Portugal Trinidad and Zimbabwe Micronesia Malaysia Tobago Comoros Qatar

Here’s the list of the 172 countries that have engaged with Thy Kingdom Come to date. **engagement in Thy Kingdom Come means participation in events and prayers, app downloads, podcast listens, social media shares as well as website and video views.

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